{"id":59024,"date":"2014-12-22T18:08:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T02:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=59024"},"modified":"2015-01-07T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:18:17","slug":"deputies-give-gifts-to-kidnap-victim-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/12\/22\/deputies-give-gifts-to-kidnap-victim-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies give gifts to kidnap victim and family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The family was extremely grateful when deputies showed up with gifts, Ruiz said, because the family was experiencing financial difficulties and unable to get gifts this Christmas. (Photo courtesy LASD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A 4-year-old Lancaster girl nearly kidnapped from her front yard on Saturday received a holiday surprise from local deputies the very next day.<\/p>\n

Deputies Amber Leist<\/strong> and Shane Chapman<\/strong>, and Detective Melissa Sullivan<\/strong>, returned to the victim\u2019s home on Sunday to deliver Christmas gifts and food to the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helped to calm the nerves of the family, especially the little girl, because she was still kind of traumatized,\u201d said Lancaster Community Relations Deputy Miguel Ruiz. \u201cWe really wanted to cheer her up because she really touched the hearts of the deputies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just before noon on Saturday, Dec. 20, a 61-year-old male stranger tried to snatch the child from the family\u2019s fenced yard on the 400 block of West Kildare Avenue in Lancaster, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victim\u2019s 13-year-old brother rescued the victim as the suspect was walking away with his sister,\u201d Ruiz stated. \u201cLancaster Deputy Amber Leist was nearby in a patrol car and quickly apprehended the suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earl Williams<\/strong> was arrested in connection with the incident. (Read more here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Deputies who responded to the home Saturday saw that the family was in financial need, according to Ruiz.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The children] weren\u2019t going to receive any gifts for Christmas, so we provided Christmas gifts for them,\u201d Ruiz said.<\/p>\n

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The deputies collected donated toys from Los Angeles County Fire Station 33 for the victim\u2019s family. [LASD]<\/figcaption><\/figure>The deputies collected donated toys from Los Angeles County Fire Station 33 for the victim\u2019s family, according to Ruiz.<\/p>\n

Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station will distribute nearly 300 toys and canned foods to needy Lancaster families this Christmas Eve and Christmas day, Ruiz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just really grateful for the opportunity, from the toys that were donated over the previous three weeks, to be able to do something like this,\u201d Ruiz said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to a very safe and giving holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A 4-year-old Lancaster girl nearly kidnapped from her front yard on Saturday received a holiday surprise from local deputies the very next day. Deputies Amber Leist and Shane Chapman, and Detective Melissa Sullivan, returned to the victim\u2019s home on Sunday to deliver Christmas gifts and food to the family. \u201cIt helped to calm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}